Kericho Teachers Protest Early Release of KCSE Results
Kericho Teachers Protest Early Release of KCSE Results
Teachers at secondary schools in Kericho County organized demonstrations against the KCSE exam results, which are expected to be released in the second week of January 2024.
This publication date was previously declared by Ezekiel Machogu, the cabinet secretary for education, refuting rumors of an earlier release before Christmas.
Teachers who were against the impending results release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) flocked to the streets of Kericho town to protest. They urged the Ministry of Education to hold off on releasing the results too soon, citing concerns about possible abnormalities.
Leading the KUPPET branch in Kericho, Mary Rotich, stressed the importance of precise results and urged the Ministry to allot enough time for analysis and make sure that students are graded correctly.
Leading the demonstration was the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), which issued a warning about a hasty announcement of results that would cause problems similar to those found in the KCPE results.
The educators cautioned that a rushed procedure could affect how accurate the outcomes are.
With a projected release date of January, Education Cabinet Secretary Machogu recently announced the release of the KCSE results, ensuring continuous efforts in the compilation, verification, and validation of scores.
Recent inconsistencies in the KCPE results, including cases where certain schools received the identical marks for all subjects in a single topic, have raised concerns. Opposition leader Raila Odinga accused the Ministry of significant irregularities throughout the process that put students’ futures at risk.
Amidst the demonstrations, there has been a growing demand for a review of junior secondary schools due to the new curriculum’s apparent lack of a suitable framework for both instructors and pupils.
Teachers claimed that it was difficult for them to transfer successfully since they were forced to teach courses unrelated to their areas of expertise.
Concerns over the authenticity and integrity of the KCSE results, which will be released in early January 2024 for over 900,000 students, remain. These concerns are a reflection of larger problems in the education system that stakeholders are eager to address.
